Moses S. Gibson

Moses S. Gibson (1816-December 6, 1904) was an American banker from Hudson, Wisconsin who served as a Representative in the last two sessions of the Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory,[1] as a member of the First Wisconsin Constitutional Convention, and was elected to a term in 1859 as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly after statehood, an election successfully contested by Marcus W. McCracken.[2] Gibson's political party affiliation is unknown.[3]

Moses S. Gibson
Member of the Wisconsin Assembly
In office 1859–1859
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory
In office 1847–1848
Personal details
Born	1816 Livingston County, New York
Died	December 6, 1904 (aged 87–88)
Spouse(s)	Carrie F. Gilman (m. 1856-1904, his death)

Biography

Gibson was born in 1816 in Livingston County, New York.[4] He settled in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, in 1844.[4] He was elected as a member of the First Wisconsin Constitutional Convention in 1846 and elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory in 1847 and 1848.[1][4] In 1849, he moved to Hudson, Wisconsin, where he was appointed receiver of public moneys.[4] He married Carrie F. Gilman (1831-1906)[5] in 1856.[4] In 1859, he was elected to a term in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[4][2] During the Civil War, he was appointed a paymaster and assigned to Missouri, and also became a major.[6][7][4] In 1878, he was appointed a position in the sixth auditor's office of the treasury in the post office department.[4] He died on December 6, 1904, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.[6]

Political office

In the State Assembly, Gibson was to represent the district which included the sparsely-populated Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk, and St. Croix counties to succeed Republican James B. Gray. McCracken in turn was succeeded by Asaph Whittlesey, also a Republican.

References

1. Heg, J. E., ed. The blue book of the state of Wisconsin 1882; Madison, 1882; pp. 173-174
2. Heg, James E., ed. The blue book of the state of Wisconsin. Comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also lists and tables for reference, etc. Twenty-Third Volume. Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers, 1885; pp. 123, 147, 154
3. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. p. 53 Archived 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
4. Tenney, Horace Addison; Atwood, David (1880). Memorial Record of the Fathers of Wisconsin: Containing Sketches of the Lives and Career of the Members of the Constitutional Conventions of 1846 and 1847-8. With a History of Early Settlement in Wisconsin. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-1-55613-701-3.
5. "Carrie T. Gilman Gibson (Unknown-1906) - Find A..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
6. "Maj Moses S. Gibson (1816-1904) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
7. Lincoln, Abraham (2001). Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5.